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CAMP  HOLMES;  Nov.  29th  18G2. 

SPECIAL  ORDERS, ") 
No.  12.  I 

I.  Commanding  officers  of  Militia  Regiments  are  required  to  as- 
semble all  persons  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  "  an 
act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  provide  further  for  the  public 
defence,"  approved  September  26th,  1862,  at  tbcir  usual  Regimen- 
tal muster  grounds  in  their  respective  counties  on  the  20th  day  of 
December,  1862,  and  enroll  the  same. 

IL  An  Enrolling  Officer  and  an  Examining  IJoard  will  be  ap- 
pointed for  each  Congressional  District,  who  will  give  due  notice  to 
the  Commanding  officers  of  Regiments  to  bring  the  Conscripts  to 
the  County-Seats  of  their  respective  Counties  for  examination.  Im- 
mediately upon  examination,  the  said  Commanding  Officers  of  Reg- 
iments will  conduct  all  Conscripts  not  having  .leceived  certificate  of 
exemption,  to  the  Camp  of  Instruction,  near  Raleigh. 

III.  All  persons  who  may  desire  to  volunteer  must  do  so  before 
the  20th  of  December,  the  day  set  apart  for  enrollment,  and  must 
join  Companies  which  were  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States 
on  the  16th  of  Ap"l.  1862. 

IV.  Applications  for  exemption  must,  in  all  cases,  be  made  to 
the  enrolling  officer  of  the  district  ;  duplicate  copies  of  said  applica- 
tion being  made  in  writing,  duly  sworn  to  before  an  acting  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  bearing  the  Certificate  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Court, 
given  under  the  County  Seal  and  sent  through  the  Colonel  of  the 
regiment.  An  appeal  may  be  taken  from  the  decision  of  tlic  Kn- 
rolling  Officer  to  the  Commandant  of  Conscrijit.v. 

V.  All  Conscripts  engaged  on  Government  woiks  will  be  cnroliod 
and  returned  to  their  said  work. 

In  issuing  the  above  orders  for  the  enrollment  of  Conscripts  i  e- 
tween  the  ages  of  18  and  40,  the  Comniandunt  avails  himself  of  the 
opportunity  to  thank  the  State  Officers  for  their  untiring  and  lal>o- 
rious  efforts  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  and  the  efficient  and 
ready  assistance  rendered  to  him  in  their  Official  capacity  hereto- 
fore. 

The  importance  and  absolute  necessity  of  renewed  energy  :md 
prompt  action  in  executing  these  orders  faithfully  is  lully  expressed 
in  His  Excellency  Governor  Vance's  General  Orders,  No.  10 

The  efficiency  of  the  army  and  the  safety  of  our  country  depends 
in  a  great  measure  upon  their  faithful  discharge  of  tli/jse  duties.    ■ 
By  order  of  CoLONKL  Petkr  Mallktt, 
Commandant  of  Cvnscn'pts  in  A'.  C. 

E.  N.  MANN, 


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